Tokyo Comic-Con just banned men from dressing up as women at their event

By Mathew Rodriguez

Oct 26 2016

Dressing up as your favorite comic book, film, anime or cartoon character is one of the great joys of going to a Comic-Con event. Unfortunately, for the upcoming Tokyo Comic-Con, that joy now has a gendered limit on it.

The rule against cross-gender cosplay (sometimes called "crossplay") stands right next to some other rules like no swords and no photography in changing rooms. The comic exhibition also doesn't seem to have a rule banning women from dressing up as men.